masculine
merchant
a merchant; trader
Vāṇija [from vaṇij (vaṇik): see vaṇijjā; literally son of a merchant; Vedic vāṇija] a merchant, trader Vin III 6 (assa°); Snp 614, 651, 1014; Ja V 156 (so read for va°); Pv I 10 6 ; Dāṭh I 58; Pj I 224; Pj II 251; Pv-a 47, 48, 100, 191, 215, 271. On similes with v. see JPTS 1907, 134.
(masc, masc, from vaṇija) trader; dealer; merchant merchant, trader Construction: vaṇija > vāṇija + *a